New York City Center

Built: 1923
Closed: year not entered yet
Demolished: year not entered yet
Seating Capacity: 2255

Location Info

131 West 55th St. (between 6th and 7th Avenues)
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Contains two theatres (City Center Stage 1 and City Center Stage 2). The building, with its unique Moorish facade, was built as a Masonic Temple (home to Ancient and Accepted Order of the Mystic Shrine). It was slated for demolition in 1943 but saved by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. The New York City Center of Music and Drama opened that same year.

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Both the New York City Opera and the New York City Ballet started at City Center before moving to Lincoln Center.

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In the early 1970s, it was slated for demolition again. It was saved and given landmark status. Today it is home to the Manhattan Theatre Club and City Center's Encores! series.

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The 2011 renovation reduced the seating capacity from 2,750 to 2,255.

• Promenade (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2019)
  7/10/2019 - 7/11/2019
• Call Me Madam (Encores! Production, 2019)
  2/6/2019 - 2/10/2019
• The Golden Apple (Encores! Production, 2017)
  5/10/2017 - 5/14/2017
• The New Yorkers (Encores! Production, 2017)
  3/22/2017 - 3/26/2017
• Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Encores! Production, 2017)
  2/8/2017 - 2/12/2017
• God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2016)
  7/27/2016 - 7/30/2016
• Do I Hear a Waltz? (Encores! Concert, 2016)
  5/11/2016 - 5/15/2016
• 1776 (Encores! Concert, 2016)
  3/30/2016 - 4/3/2016
• Cabin in the Sky (Encores! Production, 2016)
  2/10/2016 - 2/14/2016
• Annie Get Your Gun (New York Concert, 2015)
  10/27/2015 - 10/28/2015
• The Wild Party (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2015)
  7/15/2015 - 7/18/2015
• Little Shop of Horrors (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2015)
  7/1/2015 - 7/2/2015
• A New Brain (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2015)
  6/24/2015 - 6/27/2015
• Zorba! (Encores! Production, 2015)
  5/6/2015 - 5/10/2015
• Paint Your Wagon (Encores! Production, 2015)
  3/18/2015 - 3/22/2015
• Lady, Be Good! (Encores! Production, 2015)
  2/4/2015 - 2/8/2015
• The Band Wagon (Encores! Production, 2014)
  11/9/2014 - 11/16/2014
• Pump Boys and Dinettes (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2014)
  7/16/2014 - 7/19/2014
• Randy Newman's Faust: The Concert (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2014)
  7/1/2014 - 7/1/2014
• tick, tick...BOOM! (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2014)
  6/25/2014 - 6/28/2014
• Irma La Douce (Encores! Concert, 2014)
  5/7/2014 - 5/11/2014
• The Most Happy Fella (Encores! Concert, 2014)
  4/2/2014 - 4/6/2014
• Little Me (Encores! Concert, 2014)
  2/5/2014 - 2/9/2014
• A Bed and a Chair (Original New York Production, 2013)
  11/13/2013 - 11/17/2013
• I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the Road (Encores! Off-Center Concert, 2013)
  7/24/2013 - 7/27/2013
• Violet (Encores! Off-Center Concert, 2013)
  7/17/2013 - 7/17/2013
• The Cradle Will Rock (Encores! Off-Center Concert, 2013)
  7/10/2013 - 7/13/2013
• On Your Toes (Encores! Concert, 2013)
  5/8/2013 - 5/12/2013
• It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman (Encores! Concert, 2013)
  3/20/2013 - 3/24/2013
• Fiorello! (Encores! Concert, 2013)
  1/30/2013 - 2/3/2013
• Cotton Club Parade (Off-Broadway Revival, 2012)
  11/14/2012 - 11/18/2012
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Encores! Concert, 2012)
  5/9/2012 - 5/13/2012
• Pipe Dream (Encores! Concert, 2012)
  3/28/2012 - 4/1/2012
• Cotton Club Parade (Off-Broadway Production, 2011)
  11/18/2011 - 11/21/2011
• Where's Charley? (Encores! Concert, 2011)
  3/17/2011 - 3/20/2011
• Merrily We Roll Along (Encores! Production, 2012)
  2/8/2011 - 2/19/2011
• Lost in the Stars (Encores! Concert, 2011)
  2/3/2011 - 2/6/2011
• Bells Are Ringing (Encores! Concert, 2010)
  11/18/2010 - 11/21/2010
• Anyone Can Whistle (Encores! Concert, 2010)
  4/8/2010 - 4/11/2010
• Fanny (Encores! Concert, 2010)
  2/4/2010 - 2/7/2010
• Girl Crazy (Encores! Concert, 2009)
  11/19/2009 - 11/22/2009
• Runaways (Encores! Off-Center Production, 2009)
  7/6/2009 - 7/9/2006
• The Wiz (Encores! Summer Stars Production, 2009)
  6/18/2009 - 7/5/2009
• Finian's Rainbow (Encores! Concert, 2009)
  3/26/2009 - 3/29/2009
• Music in the Air (Encores! Concert, 2009)
  2/5/2009 - 2/8/2009
• On the Town (Encores! Concert, 2008)
  11/19/2008 - 11/23/2008
• Damn Yankees (Encores! Summer Stars Production, 2008)
  7/10/2008 - 7/27/2008
• No, No, Nanette (Encores! Concert, 2008)
  5/8/2008 - 5/12/2008
• Juno (Encores! Concert, 2008)
  3/27/2008 - 3/30/2008
• Applause (Encores! Concert, 2008)
  2/7/2008 - 2/10/2008
• Gypsy (Encores! Summer Stars Production, 2007)
  7/14/2007 - 7/29/2007
• Stairway to Paradise (Encores! Concert, 2007)
  5/10/2007 - 5/14/2007
• Face the Music (Encores! Concert, 2007)
  3/29/2007 - 4/1/2007
• Follies (Encores! Production, 2007)
  2/8/2007 - 2/12/2007
• Of Thee I Sing (Encores! Concert, 2006)
  5/11/2006 - 5/15/2006
• 70, Girls, 70 (Encores! Concert, 2006)
  3/30/2006 - 4/2/2006
• Kismet (Encores! Concert, 2006)
  2/9/2006 - 2/12/2006
• The Apple Tree (Encores! Concert, 2005)
  5/12/2005 - 5/16/2005
• Purlie (Encores! Concert, 2005)
  3/31/2005 - 4/3/2005
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Encores! Concert, 2005)
  2/10/2005 - 2/13/2005
• Bye Bye Birdie (Encores! Concert, 2004)
  5/6/2004 - 5/9/2004
• Pardon My English (Encores! Concert, 2004)
  3/25/2004 - 3/28/2004
• Can-Can (Encores! Concert, 2004)
  2/12/2004 - 2/15/2004
• No Strings (Encores! Concert, 2003)
  5/8/2003 - 5/11/2003
• The New Moon (Encores! Concert, 2003)
  3/27/2003 - 3/30/2003
• House of Flowers (Encores! Concert, 2003)
  2/13/2003 - 2/16/2003
• The Pajama Game (Encores! Concert, 2002)
  5/2/2002 - 5/6/2002
• Golden Boy (Encores! Concert, 2002)
  3/21/2002 - 3/24/2002
• Carnival! (Encores! Concert, 2002)
  2/7/2002 - ?
• Hair (Encores! Concert, 2001)
  5/3/2001 - 5/7/2001
• Bloomer Girl (Encores! Concert, 2001)
  3/22/2001 - 3/25/2001
• A Connecticut Yankee (Encores! Concert, 2001)
  2/8/2001 - 2/11/2001
• Wonderful Town (Encores! Concert, 2000)
  5/4/2000 - 5/7/2000
• Tenderloin (Encores! Concert, 2000)
  3/28/2000 - 3/28/2000
• On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (Encores! Concert, 2000)
  2/10/2000 - 2/13/2000
• Abby's Song (Original Off-Broadway Production, 1999)
  11/14/1999 - 11/28/1999
• Do Re Mi (Encores! Concert, 1999)
  5/7/1999 - 5/9/1999
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (Encores! Concert, 1999)
  3/25/1999 - 3/29/1999
• Babes in Arms (Encores! Concert, 1999)
  2/11/1999 - 2/14/1999
• St. Louis Woman (Encores! Concert, 1998)
  4/30/1998 - ?
• Li'l Abner (Encores! Concert, 1998)
  3/26/1998 - ?
• Strike Up the Band (Encores! Concert, 1998)
  2/12/1998 - 2/15/1998
• The Boys From Syracuse (Encores! Concert, 1997)
  5/1/1997 - 5/4/1997
• Promises, Promises (Encores! Concert, 1997)
  3/20/1997 - 3/23/1997
• Sweet Adeline (Encores! Concert, 1997)
  2/13/1997 - 2/16/1997
• Grease! (National Tour, 1994)
  National tour
  11/29/1996 - 12/1/1996
• Chicago (Encores! Concert, 1996)
  5/2/1996 - 5/4/1996
• One Touch of Venus (Encores! Concert, 1996)
  3/28/1996 - 3/30/1996
• Du Barry Was a Lady (Encores! Concert, 1996)
  2/15/1996 - 12/17/1996
• Pal Joey (Encores! Concert, 1995)
  5/4/1995 - 5/6/1995
• Out of This World (Encores! Concert, 1995)
  3/30/1995 - 4/1/1995
• Call Me Madam (Encores! Concert, 1995)
  2/16/1995 - 2/18/1995
• Lady in the Dark (Encores! Concert, 1994)
  5/4/1994 - 5/7/1994
• Allegro (Encores! Concert, 1994)
  3/2/1994 - 3/5/1994
• Fiorello! (Encores! Concert, 1994)
  2/9/1994 - 2/12/1994
• The Mikado (Broadway Revival, 1987)
  1/13/1987 - 1/18/1987
• The Music Man (Broadway Revival, 1980)
  6/5/1980 - 6/22/1980
• The Merry Widow (Off-Broadway Revival, 1974)
  6/4/1974 - 6/9/1974
• Music! Music! (Original New York Production, 1974)
  4/11/1974 - 5/12/1974
• Anne of Green Gables (Off-Broadway Production, 1971)
  12/21/1971 - ?
• But Never Jam Today (City Center Workshop, 1969)
  4/23/1969 - 4/23/1969
• Carnival! (City Center Revival, 1968)
  12/1/1968 - 1/5/1969
• My Fair Lady (City Center Revival, 1968)
  6/13/1968 - 6/30/1968
• The King and I (City Center Revival, 1968)
  5/23/1968 - 6/9/1968
• Brigadoon (City Center Revival, 1967)
  12/13/1967 - 12/31/1967
• Wonderful Town (City Center Revival, 1967)
  5/17/1967 - 6/4/1967
• The Sound of Music (City Center Revival, 1967)
  4/26/1967 - 5/14/1967
• Finian's Rainbow (City Center Revival, 1967)
  4/5/1967 - 4/23/1967
• Carousel (City Center Revival, 1966)
  12/15/1966 - 1/1/1967
• Patience (New York Revival, 1966)
  11/29/1966 - ?
• Guys and Dolls (City Center Revival, 1966)
  6/8/1966 - 6/26/1966
• Where's Charley? (City Center Revival, 1966)
  5/25/1966 - 6/5/1966
• The Most Happy Fella (City Center Revival, 1966)
  5/11/1966 - 5/22/1966
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (City Center Revival, 1966)
  4/20/1966 - 5/8/1966
• Oklahoma! (City Center Revival, 1965)
  12/15/1965 - 1/2/1966
• The Music Man (City Center Revival, 1965)
  6/16/1965 - 6/27/1965
• South Pacific (City Center Revival, 1965)
  6/2/1965 - 6/13/1965
• Kiss Me, Kate (City Center Revival, 1965)
  5/12/1965 - 5/30/1965
• Guys and Dolls (City Center Revival, 1965)
  4/28/1965 - 5/9/1965
• The Saint of Bleecker Street (New York City Opera Production, 1965)
  3/18/1965 - ?
• Die Dreigroschenoper (New York City Opera Revival, 1965)
  3/11/1965 - 3/27/1965
• Porgy and Bess (New York City Opera Revival, 1965)
  3/5/1965 - ?
• Brigadoon (City Center Revival, 1964)
  12/23/1964 - 1/3/1965
• My Fair Lady (City Center Revival, 1964)
  5/20/1964 - 6/28/1964
• Porgy and Bess (City Center Revival, 1964)
  5/6/1964 - 5/17/1964
• West Side Story (City Center Revival, 1964)
  4/8/1964 - 5/3/1964
• Gentlemen, Be Seated! (New York City Opera Production, 1963)
  10/10/1963 - 11/10/1963
• The King and I (City Center Revival, 1963)
  6/12/1963 - 6/23/1963
• Pal Joey (City Center Revival, 1963)
  5/29/1963 - 6/9/1963
• Oklahoma! (City Center Revival, 1963)
  5/15/1963 - 5/26/1963
• Brigadoon (City Center Revival, 1963)
  5/15/1963 - 5/26/1963
• Street Scene (New York City Opera Revival, 1963)
  4/26/1963 - ?
• Oklahoma! (City Center Revival, 1963)
  2/27/1963 - 3/10/1963
• Wonderful Town (City Center Revival, 1963)
  2/13/1963 - 2/24/1963
• Brigadoon (City Center Revival, 1963)
  1/30/1963 - 2/10/1963
• Fiorello! (New York City Center Production, 1962)
  6/13/1962 - 6/24/1962
• Brigadoon (City Center Revival, 1962)
  5/30/1962 - 6/10/1962
• Can-Can (City Center Revival, 1962)
  5/16/1962 - 5/27/1962
• Porgy and Bess (New York City Opera Revival, 1962)
  3/31/1962 - 4/7/1962
• The Consul (New York City Opera Revival, 1962)
  3/28/1962 - 4/8/1962
• The Crucible (New York City Center Production, 1961)
  10/26/1961 - ?
• Pal Joey (City Center Revival, 1961)
  5/31/1961 - 5/31/1961
• Porgy and Bess (City Center Revival, 1961)
  5/17/1961 - ?
• South Pacific (City Center Revival, 1961)
  4/26/1961 - 5/14/1961
• Show Boat (City Center Revival, 1961)
  4/12/1961 - 4/25/1961
• H.M.S. Pinafore (City Center Revival, 1961)
  2/1/1961 - 2/4/1961
• The Gondoliers (City Center Revival, 1961)
  1/25/1961 - 2/2/1961
• The Pirates of Penzance (City Center Revival, 1961)
  1/19/1961 - 1/29/1961
• The Mikado (City Center Revival, 1961)
  1/17/1961 - 2/5/1961
• The King and I (City Center Revival, 1960)
  5/11/1960 - 5/29/1960
• Finian's Rainbow (City Center Revival, 1960)
  4/27/1960 - 5/8/1960
• Street Scene (New York City Opera Revival, 1960)
  2/13/1960 - 2/19/1960
• The Cradle Will Rock (New York City Opera Revival, 1960)
  2/11/1960 - 2/21/1960
• Street Scene (New York City Opera Revival, 1959)
  9/27/1959 - 10/15/1959
• Die Fledermaus (New York City Opera Revival, 1959)
  9/26/1959 - 10/24/1959
• Regina (New York City Opera Revival, 1959)
  4/19/1959 - ?
• Street Scene (New York City Opera Revival, 1959)
  4/2/1959 - 4/19/1959
• Say, Darling (City Center Revival, 1959)
  2/25/1959 - 3/8/1959
• The Most Happy Fella (City Center Revival, 1959)
  2/10/1959 - 2/22/1959
• The Seven Deadly Sins (City Center Revival, 1958)
  12/4/1958 - ?
• The Merry Widow (New York City Opera Revival, 1958)
  10/31/1958 - 11/16/1958
• Die Fledermaus (New York City Opera Revival, 1958)
  10/19/1958 - 11/9/1958
• Regina (New York City Opera Revival, 1958)
  4/17/1958 - 5/2/1958
• Lost in the Stars (New York City Opera Revival, 1958)
  4/10/1958 - 5/11/1958
• Trouble in Tahiti (New York City Opera Revival, 1958)
  4/6/1958 - 4/18/1958
• Oklahoma! (City Center Revival, 1958)
  3/19/1958 - 3/30/1958
• Wonderful Town (City Center Revival, 1958)
  3/5/1958 - 3/16/1958
• Annie Get Your Gun (City Center Revival, 1958)
  2/19/1958 - 3/2/1958
• The Merry Widow (New York City Opera Revival, 1957)
  10/27/1957 - 11/10/1957
• Die Fledermaus (New York City Opera Revival, 1957)
  10/13/1957 - 11/17/1957
• Carousel (City Center Revival, 1957)
  9/11/1957 - 9/29/1957
• The Pajama Game (City Center Revival, 1957)
  5/15/1957 - 6/2/1957
• South Pacific (City Center Revival, 1957)
  4/24/1957 - 5/12/1957
• The Merry Widow (City Center Revival, 1957)
  4/10/1957 - 4/21/1957
• Brigadoon (City Center Revival, 1957)
  3/27/1957 - 4/7/1957
• The Beggar's Opera (City Center Revival, 1957)
  3/13/1957 - 3/24/1957
• Die Fledermaus (New York City Opera Production, 1956)
  9/29/1956 - ?
• Carmen Jones (City Center Revival, 1956)
  5/31/1956 - 6/17/1956
• Kiss Me, Kate (City Center Revival, 1956)
  5/9/1956 - 5/27/1956
• The King and I (City Center Revival, 1956)
  4/18/1956 - 5/6/1956
• Guys and Dolls (City Center Revival, 1955)
  5/31/1955 - 6/12/1955
• Finian's Rainbow (City Center Revival, 1955)
  5/18/1955 - 5/29/1955
• South Pacific (City Center Revival, 1955)
  5/4/1955 - 5/15/1955
• Guys and Dolls (City Center Revival, 1955)
  4/20/1955 - 5/1/1955
• Show Boat (New York City Opera Revival (Return Engagement), 1954)
  10/28/1954 - 10/31/1954
• Carousel (City Center Revival, 1954)
  6/2/1954 - 8/8/1954
• Die Fledermaus (New York City Center Production, 1954)
  5/19/1954 - 5/30/1954
• Show Boat (New York City Opera Revival, 1954)
  4/8/1954 - 5/16/1954
• Oklahoma! (Broadway Revival, 1953)
  8/31/1953 - 10/5/1953
• Die Fledermaus (New York City Opera Revival, 1953)
  4/8/1953 - 5/3/1953
• Regina (New York City Opera Revival, 1953)
  4/2/1953 - 10/11/1953
• The Consul (New York Revival, 1952)
  10/8/1952 - 10/29/1952
• Come of Age (City Center Revival, 1952)
  1/23/1952 - 2/10/1952
• Brigadoon (Return Engagement, 1950)
  5/2/1950 - 5/21/1950
• Carousel (Return Engagement, 1949)
  1/25/1949 - 2/20/1949
• The Medium (City Center Revival, 1948)
  12/7/1948 - 1/9/1949
• Show Boat (Return Engagement, 1948)
  9/7/1948 - 9/18/1948
• The Cradle Will Rock (New York Concert, 1947)
  11/24/1947 - 11/25/1947
• Bloomer Girl (Return Engagement, 1947)
  1/6/1947 - 2/15/1947
• Carmen Jones (Return Engagement, 1946)
  4/7/1946 - 4/27/1946
• The Desert Song (Broadway Revival, 1946)
  1/8/1946 - 2/16/1946
• Carmen Jones (Return Engagement, 1945)
  5/2/1945 - 5/19/1945
• The Merry Widow (Return Engagement, 1944)
  10/7/1944 - 11/4/1944
• The New Moon (Broadway Revival, 1944)
  5/17/1944 - 6/24/1944
• Porgy and Bess (Broadway Return Engagement, 1944)
  2/28/1944 - 4/8/1944
• Porgy and Bess (Broadway Return Engagement, 1944)
  2/7/1944 - 2/19/1944
• No for an Answer (Original New York Production, 1941)
  1/5/1941 - 1/19/1941